[lug] libre office question

[David A. Merritt]

Agreed that you probably don't need to do it before adding
content, just pointing out the way I've done it, and it
works.

No magic (or superstition) meant. :o)

-dam

On Wed, 20 Dec 2017, Alan Robertson wrote:

> That's what I've also done - and it's worked for me - but today my printer doesn't want to print anything - portrait, landscape or otherwise, so I didn't test it.
>
> But I don't think you need to do it first...
>
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> On Wed, Dec 20, 2017, at 8:04 PM, David A. Merritt wrote:
>> 
>> Sorry to top-post.
>> 
>> Here is how I've done it:
>> 
>> Create new doc and, before adding any content, pull down
>> menu item "Format", then "Page...", then "Page" tab.
>> Select Orientation: Landscape, then "OK".
>> 
>> Then, pull down "File", then "Printer Settings...", Then
>> "Properties...", then select "Paper" tab, then "Orientation"
>> Landscape, then "OK".
>> 
>> At this point, my screen view is landscape and I add content,
>> then send it to the printer (Pixma iP4000 ... yes, very old :o).
>> 
>> Works for me; hope it works for you.
>> 
>> -dam
>> 
>> On Wed, 20 Dec 2017, Matt James wrote:
>> 
>> > I'm interested in this topic as well - was trying to help my wife with
>> > LibreOffice on her Mac and had the same issue - could not for the life of
>> > me figure out how to change the print orientation.  As already suggested as
>> > a hack, I ended up running it out to a PDF and then rotating the print of
>> > the PDF.  Shouldn't have to do that.....
>> >
>> > I'm thinking this might be a fight between the printer driver and LO?  or
>> > is it a print subsystem fight with LO?
>> >
>> > In any case - I'm curious if someone has successfully found the check box
>> > for this - possibly with a different print driver / subsystem / etc?
>> >
>> > FWIW - I have an HP CP1525nw
>> >
>> > Matt
>> >
>> > On Tue, Dec 19, 2017 at 12:09 PM, Jed S. Baer <blug at jbaer.cotse.net> wrote:
>> >
>> >> On Tue, 19 Dec 2017 12:32:34 -0500
>> >> Steve Litt wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> If you mean that the pickup rollers won't grab the 3x5 or 4x6 in
>> >>> landscape mode, that's a mechanical problem you can't overcome without
>> >>> manually feeding them in.
>> >>
>> >> It does seem like a mechanical feed problem. But this makes sense with
>> >> the original intent of the question, as I understand it. 3x5 and 4x6 feed
>> >> OK the long way, but not the short way, so we can conclude that under 5
>> >> inches doesn't work. Therefore, the sought after fix is to be able to
>> >> feed them the long way, with the printing still going along the long
>> >> dimension. And, to do it all within LibreOffice.
>> >>
>> >> I still think a rotated text box would do it.
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